Etymology

skarn

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Today it means: Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism. Full definition →

Swedish skarn ← Old Norse skarn ← Proto-Germanic *skarną
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skarną
  2. Old Norse · derived fromskarn
  3. Swedish · borrowed fromskarn“skarn, filth”
  4. English todayskarn

Borrowed from Swedish skarn (“skarn, filth”), from Old Norse skarn, from Proto-Germanic *skarną. Doublet of sharn.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*skarną all →

Scharnhorstsharn

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